Tech Transactions Slow in Q3 2017 — Except for SoftBank

Tech transactions around automation were still numerous, at least in comparison with other technologies. Manufacturing, AI, and autonomous vehicles are still the quarry of SoftBank and other big players.

Although global tech transactions cooled off in the past quarter, SoftBank Group Corp. continued its pursuit of the No. 1 spot in automation with more acquisitions. Still, more than 120 investments, initial public offerings, and mergers and acquisitions demonstrated that robotics, artificial intelligence, and unmanned systems are still a bright spot in technology.

Masayoshi Son, CEO of Japan-based SoftBank, has made no secret of his ambitions to achieving the so-called Singularity -- when AI ...

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